By: Deuell S.B. No. 396
(In the Senate - Filed January 21, 2011; February 2, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; March 7, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 7, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the state fire marshal's investigation of the death of a
firefighter who dies in the line of duty or in connection with an
on-duty incident.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 417.0075, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) If a firefighter dies in the line of duty or if the
firefighter's death occurs in connection with an on-duty [a
fire-fighting] incident in this state, the state fire marshal shall
investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the
firefighter, including any [the cause and origin of the fire, the
condition of the structure, and the suppression operation, to
determine the] factors that may have contributed to the death of the
firefighter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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